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NASA's Planetary Defense Telescope NEOWISE Burns Up In AtmosphereThe first near-Earth object spotted by NEOWISE.

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NASA's Planetary Defense Telescope NEOWISE Burns Up In AtmosphereThe first near-Earth object spotted by NEOWISE.
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NASA's Planetary Defense Telescope NEOWISE Burns Up In Atmosphere

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The Latest Idea For Deflecting Threatening Asteroids? X-Ray PulsesA spacecraft approaching an asteroid in space

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The Latest Idea For Deflecting Threatening Asteroids? X-Ray PulsesA spacecraft approaching an asteroid in space
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The Latest Idea For Deflecting Threatening Asteroids? X-Ray Pulses

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The Chance Of Asteroid Apophis Hitting Earth May Be Slightly Higher Than We ThoughtApophis, seen in three wavelengths.

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The Chance Of Asteroid Apophis Hitting Earth May Be Slightly Higher Than We ThoughtApophis, seen in three wavelengths.
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The Chance Of Asteroid Apophis Hitting Earth May Be Slightly Higher Than We Thought

clock-iconSeptember 3, 2024
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NASA Might Have Accidentally Created The First Human-Caused Meteor ShowerThe two asteroids are visible in this image. Disymos appears to have a few boulders and several smooth areas dimorphos is much smaller and further away but looks more ragged.

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NASA Might Have Accidentally Created The First Human-Caused Meteor ShowerThe two asteroids are visible in this image. Disymos appears to have a few boulders and several smooth areas dimorphos is much smaller and further away but looks more ragged.
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NASA Might Have Accidentally Created The First Human-Caused Meteor Shower

clock-iconAugust 26, 2024
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NASA's Planetary Defense Telescope Sends Back Final Image Before Shutting DownArtist concept of NEOWISE above Earth.

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NASA's Planetary Defense Telescope Sends Back Final Image Before Shutting DownArtist concept of NEOWISE above Earth.
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NASA's Planetary Defense Telescope Sends Back Final Image Before Shutting Down

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NASA’s Latest Asteroid Impact Exercise Sees How We Could Fail To Protect The Earththe earth from space and overimposde a swarm of asteroids. Their leading edges is glowing with heat as they approach the planet

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NASA’s Latest Asteroid Impact Exercise Sees How We Could Fail To Protect The Earththe earth from space and overimposde a swarm of asteroids. Their leading edges is glowing with heat as they approach the planet
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NASA’s Latest Asteroid Impact Exercise Sees How We Could Fail To Protect The Earth

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NASA Hit An Asteroid So Hard It Completely Changed Its ShapeAsteroid Didymos (bottom left) and its moonlet, Dimorphos in the distancve. Didymos has smooth regions and regions with boulders

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NASA Hit An Asteroid So Hard It Completely Changed Its ShapeAsteroid Didymos (bottom left) and its moonlet, Dimorphos in the distancve. Didymos has smooth regions and regions with boulders
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NASA Hit An Asteroid So Hard It Completely Changed Its Shape

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The Most Dangerous Asteroid That Never Wasartist impression of asteroid about to hit Earth

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The Most Dangerous Asteroid That Never Wasartist impression of asteroid about to hit Earth
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The Most Dangerous Asteroid That Never Was

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Is Bennu Really Going To Hit Earth On September 24, 2182?Asteroid Bennu

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Is Bennu Really Going To Hit Earth On September 24, 2182?Asteroid Bennu
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Is Bennu Really Going To Hit Earth On September 24, 2182?

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Asteroid Study Predicts Earth Is Safe For 1,000 YearsAn asteroid headed at Earth.

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Asteroid Study Predicts Earth Is Safe For 1,000 YearsAn asteroid headed at Earth.
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Asteroid Study Predicts Earth Is Safe For 1,000 Years

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Once-In-A-Decade Event As Asteroid Flies By Earth TomorrowArtist impression of an asteroid above Earth

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Once-In-A-Decade Event As Asteroid Flies By Earth TomorrowArtist impression of an asteroid above Earth
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Once-In-A-Decade Event As Asteroid Flies By Earth Tomorrow

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Large Asteroid Threat To Earth Has Been Underestimated, Scientists ClaimLake Bosumtwi, one of the craters studied, is the only natural lake in Ghana, formed in an impact crater 10.5 kilometers (6.5 miles) across around 1.3 million years ago. Image credit: Vesta/USGS Landsat 7, Public Domain

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Large Asteroid Threat To Earth Has Been Underestimated, Scientists ClaimLake Bosumtwi, one of the craters studied, is the only natural lake in Ghana, formed in an impact crater 10.5 kilometers (6.5 miles) across around 1.3 million years ago. Image credit: Vesta/USGS Landsat 7, Public Domain
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Large Asteroid Threat To Earth Has Been Underestimated, Scientists Claim

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Spirals, Tails, And Reflective Dust Were Released In DART Asteroid CollisionThis artist’s illustration shows the ejection of a cloud of debris after NASA’s DART spacecraft collided with the asteroid Dimorphos. The image was created with the help of the close-up photographs of Dimorphos

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Spirals, Tails, And Reflective Dust Were Released In DART Asteroid CollisionThis artist’s illustration shows the ejection of a cloud of debris after NASA’s DART spacecraft collided with the asteroid Dimorphos. The image was created with the help of the close-up photographs of Dimorphos
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Spirals, Tails, And Reflective Dust Were Released In DART Asteroid Collision

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Humans Really Did Manage To Move A Celestial Body - And By A Fair Bit!Dimorphos as seen by DART 11 seconds before impact. Image credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL

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Humans Really Did Manage To Move A Celestial Body - And By A Fair Bit!Dimorphos as seen by DART 11 seconds before impact. Image credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL
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Humans Really Did Manage To Move A Celestial Body - And By A Fair Bit!

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Clues From Specks Of Asteroid Dust Could Reshape Our Planetary DefenseYes it looks solid, but actually the asteroid 25413 Itokawa is actually a pile of loosely collected boulders, and that is its superpower that has allowed it to last 4.2 billion years.

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Clues From Specks Of Asteroid Dust Could Reshape Our Planetary DefenseYes it looks solid, but actually the asteroid 25413 Itokawa is actually a pile of loosely collected boulders, and that is its superpower that has allowed it to last 4.2 billion years.
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Clues From Specks Of Asteroid Dust Could Reshape Our Planetary Defense

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